90 - Milk

Milk is pretty normal, right? Boring even! But have you ever thought about it? Like, really thought about it? We have! And I gotta say, it led us to some challenging places. 

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While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen

If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:

[Truth or Fail]

General Info

http://www.milkproduction.com/Library/Scientific-articles/Nutrition/Common-poisonous/

Toxic Grass

https://www.wired.com/2012/06/cyanide-and-poisoned-cows/

https://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_b/B808/welcome.html

Sugar Belly

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22513036/

White Snakeroot

https://www.nps.gov/libo/learn/historyculture/milk-sickness.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20081006175255/http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/1996/ihy960456html  

[Fact Off]

Wallaby lactation variation

Waiting on these sources, will update!

Platypus antimicrobial protein

https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/Saving-lives-with-platypus-milk

https://blog.csiro.au/fighting-superbugs-with-platypus-milk-and-shirley-temple/

https://journals.iucr.org/f/issues/2018/01/00/cb5104/index.html

[Ask the Science Couch]

Milk color

https://www.compoundchem.com/2018/06/02/milk/

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/general-science-you-asked/why-milk-white-and-not-green-grass

https://www.adpi.org/DairyProducts/DryMilks/MilkPermeatePowder/tabid/356/Default.aspx

https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/19/16795346/green-blue-milk-scene-the-last-jedi-luke-skywalker-thala-siren-dairy-science

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/milk-fat

[Butt One More Thing]

Solenodon butt teats

https://www.popsci.com/hispaniola-solenodon-genome-venomous-butt-nipples/

https://www.wired.com/2016/02/absurd-creature-of-the-week-the-mystery-of-solenodon-the-mammal-that-bites-like-a-snake/

Milk is pretty normal, right? Boring even! But have you ever thought about it? Like, really thought about it? We have! And I gotta say, it led us to some challenging places. 

Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! 

While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Stefan: @itsmestefanchin Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen

If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out SciShowTangents.org!